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IMO Committee News
M
embers of the IMO Committee attended meetings of the Maritime Safety
Committee (MSC86) and the Marine Environmental Protection Committee
2009
(MEPC59). The main points of interest were: CoNfERENCE
aNd
Goal Based Standards:
TRaININg
The MSC agreed with the proposal made within the RINA Paper MSC86/5/14. RINA
PRogRaMME
recommended that the complex verification process be a self assessment by the
Classification Society followed by an IMO audit of experts. RINA offered to propose
experts in the structural design of ships. The cost of auditing and fees to be paid will
be further discussed at MSC87. It was agreed by MSC86 to postpone approval of the
ICCAS: International Conference
draft SOLAS amendments and the draft International goal-based ship construction
On Computer
standards for bulk carriers and oil tankers to MSC 87. Applications In Shipbuilding
1-3 Sep, Shanghai, China
Definition of the term ‘Bulk Carrier’
The MSC adopted resolution MSC.277 (85) on the clarification of the term ‘bulk carrier’
and guidance for application of regulations in SOLAS to ships which occasionally
International Symposium on Ship
Design & Technology
carry dry cargoes in bulk and are not determined as bulk carriers in accordance with
1-2 Sep, Osaka, Japan
regulation XII/1.1 and chapter II-1 and instructed the FSI Sub-Committee to include
the above resolution in their guidance for port State control (PSC) officers.
Icsot: Ice Class Ships
Formal Safety Assessment 28-29 Sept, Busan, Korea
The MSC, having considered FSA studies on cruise ships and RoPax ships, which were
carried out within the research project SAFEDOR, agreed that these studies, together
with the FSA study on crude oil tankers should be referred to an HEAP and FSA Experts
Workboat Propulsion Seminar
Group for review. The Committee invited Member Governments and international
6 Oct, Abu Dhabi, UAE
organizations to nominate experts. It was agreed that they would meet at IMO on the
2nd to 6th November 2009 to start the assessment within the terms of reference set
Fundamentals Of Contract & Change
by MSC.
Management
For Ship Construction, Repair & Design
GHG Emissions from Ships and the Recycling of Ships
14 – 16 Oct, London, UK
MEPC59 addressed the issues of GHG emissions from ships and the recycling
of ships.
Full details of MSC86 and MEPC59 are available on the RINA website at www.rina.
Design And Operation
org.uk/MSC and www.rina.org.uk/MEPC
Of Bulk Carriers
26-27 Oct, Athens, Greece
Damage Stability Regulations for Ro-Ro Passenger Ships


Following the 51st meeting of the Stability, Load line and Fishing Vessel Committee
President’s Invitation Lecture & Dinner
(SLF51), a correspondence group was formed to:
11 Nov, London, UK


1. examine the impact of the damage stability requirements of the SOLAS 2009
amendments on ro-ro passenger ships, in comparison with the SOLAS 1990
ACV And Surface Effect
regulations in association with the Stockholm Agreement
Craft Conference
2. define criteria to be used for the evaluation of the two approaches and determine
17-18 Nov, London, UK
whether the level of safety between them is generally equivalent;

3. assess existing and new studies on the subject as well as design experience;
Historic Ships
4. if it is found that safety levels are not generally equivalent, identify possible
19- 20 Nov, London, UK
rectification measures; and

5. submit a report to SLF 52 under the agenda item “Damage stability regulations for

ro-ro passenger ships”. International Conference
On Ship And
The IMO Committee is represented on the correspondence group by Professor D
Offshore Technology
Vassalos FRINA and Dr M Woodward. Details of the work of the correspondence
10-11 Dec, Kharagpur, India
group are posted on the RINA website at www.rina.org.uk/SLF
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